rpmdb_verify: /var/lib/rpm/Basenames: DB_VERIFY_BAD: Database verification failed
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Environment
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
Situation
rpmdb_verify command is getting the following messages:
# /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify /var/lib/rpm/Basenames rpmdb_verify: Page 1424: unreferenced page rpmdb_verify: Page 1424: totally zeroed page ... rpmdb_verify: Page 1443: unreferenced page rpmdb_verify: Page 1443: totally zeroed page rpmdb_verify: /var/lib/rpm/Basenames: DB_VERIFY_BAD: Database verification failed
Resolution
Try to run the following to ebuild RPM database.
1. Backup of RPM database
1. Backup of RPM database
mkdir /tmp/rpm_backup rsync -av /var/lib/rpm/. /tmp/rpm_backup/.2. Rebuild RPM database
rpm -vv --rebuilddb > /tmp/rpm_rebuilddb.log 2>&13. Check if there are no more messages/errors
/usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify /var/lib/rpm/Basenames
Cause
/var/lib/rpm/Basenames is broken and this should be fixed by rebuilding the RPM database.
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- Document ID:000020247
- Creation Date: 14-May-2021
- Modified Date:31-May-2021
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